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Seeking to deliver the best payment systems and digital transaction services for the radically alerted US gambling market post-PASPA, Worldpay Inc and Paysafe Group have this morning confirmed the development of a ‘strategic collaboration’. The two leading players in digital financial services, state that they will collaborate to enhance US gambling’s operational value chain for all current and future stakeholders. …

Leading global gambling recruitment and executive search firm Pentasia has published its ‘#Ambitions2018 – Survey’, detailing insights and analysis on the industry’s diverse workforce. Pentasia informs that 850 industry tech-focused professionals participated in the 2018 survey, aiming to provide sector stakeholders with data/insights on employee motivations and career planning. Competing in a global marketplace for talent, the survey details that …

Representatives of Playtech enterprise founder Teddy Sagi, have today disclosed that the Israeli billionaire has sold his entire remaining shareholding in the FTSE250 technology group. The family office of Teddy Sagi informs that personal investment fund ‘Brickington Trading Ltd’ has approved the sale of 15,193,489 shares in Playtech Plc targeting a £85-90 million transaction, administrated by Credit Suisse Securities. Updating the media, Sagi …

Jointly organised by the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) and the Association of Argentinian Lotteries (ALEA), a press conference involving a host of high level speakers,  this week underlined the importance of issues related to illegal sports betting regulation and sport competition manipulations in Argentina. The conference placed a specific emphasis on tennis, with Friedrich Martens from the International Olympic …

Inevitable anticipation accompanies the recommencing of club football, however thanks to UEFA’s much scorned Nations League tournament, this international break filled fans with the same excitement and elation that would normally only be associated with club football. It was formerly a regular feature of international breaks for games to fade to a conclusion, with both sides settling on what they …

Werner Becher long-term Chief Executive of DACH markets betting group Interwetten Sports (Interwetten.com) has confirmed his leadership departure via a LinkedIn post. “Today I informed Interwetten employees today that I will step down as CEO at the end of 2018.” Becher’s Linkedin update. A seasoned European IT and media executive, Becher has led Interwetten since 2011, converting the sportsbook into …

FTSE100 gambling group GVC Holdings has expanded its profile within the Australian online betting scene after acquiring Neds International (Neds – neds.com.au) for an initial sum of AUS $68 million (£37 million).  A relatively new entrant within the Australian online betting scene, having launched in 2017, Neds has established itself as a dynamic incumbent achieving reported wagers of AUS $1 billion …

Sportradar has partnered with The Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the independent body mandated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), to bolster the sport’s fight against doping. The partnership sees Sportradar make its intelligence and investigation services available to CADF for the next two years. CADF will also have access to Sportradar’s unique and extensive expertise, as well as the ability …

Leading online bookmaker bet365 has confirmed significant growth in its full-year accounts  (12-month period to March 2018), recording a 26% increase in betting and gaming revenue to £2.7 billion. The operator continued to benefit from its high-level sportsbook offering, specifically in-play betting which accounted for 77 per cent of its sports betting revenue, as well as this, mobile betting revenue rose …